The Remakes 100: 100-90
Well, here it is then. The Top 100 games as voted for by various members of the Indie community, Gibbage forums, a few commercial game developers, YakYak forums and you, the wonderful readers of Retro Remakes. In the end we received somewhere in the region of 250 seperate top 10 lists which have been narrowed down by how many votes each game received to mould the list you see before you. In the event of a tie break, I’ve gone back through the lists and sorted them wherever possible by what position they occupied in folks top tens.
So, I guess its time for me to stop wittering - well almost… I think we need a disclaimer first. We’re not claiming this as a definitive list - just one that accurately reflects the votes received (with the only editorial control you see mentioned above) and treating commercial, Indie, freeware and legacy titles on the same field. I know you’ll be sitting there going “pfft, x game at number whatever” so I’d recommend for maximum enjoyment you take this list as what it is - a list of 100 fantastic games where the order isn’t that important. If you can discover something you’ve not played before and fancy giving a go - then its been a success. If not, sit back and just revel in the opinions of some of the voters and the inane gibbering inbetween.
Have fun and thanks to everyone who voted to make this possible. And apologies for not supplying a bunch of affiliate links for each game… ;)
100: Typhoon 2001
(PC, Kufisoft, 2006)
A cheeky first entry into our Top 100, Kufi’s Typhoon 2001 - a take on Jeff Minters Tempest 2000 (which I doubt it’ll surprise you to discover appears later in our list…) for the PC.
“Ho! Really this is an amalgamation of everything great about the various versions of Tempest. I think this is the best version yet.” - Sabreman.
Have a gander for yourself over at the Typhoon 100 homepage
99: Jet Set Willy
(Various Formats, 1983, Software Projects)
A surprisingly low showing for Matthew Smiths Spectrum opus, drifting in at number 99. Maybe it was the infinite death that did it? Or perhaps block voting by C64 owners? Who knows, but its gameplay has spawned many clones/edits/mods of the original game including a multiplayer version in the shape of Jet Set Willy Online, so there must be something that drags people back to the game.
98: Secret Of Monkey Island II: LeChucks Revenge
(Amiga/DOS/Mac, 1991, Lucasfilm Games)
The first of the LucasArts adventures in our top 100, and the one I got most enjoyment out of over the years. Wonderful artwork, a cracking plot and laughs galore.
“In my opinion - simply the best point and click adventure bar none” - Gordon King.
I don’t think he’s far wrong y’know.
97: Soul Calibur
(Dreamcast, 1999, Namco)
Namco’s 3d twat em up marks the first beat em up in our list today. Described by voter Azmilion as an “Awesome fighting game” a number of voters just happened to agree. Ah, sweet Dreamcast love.
96: Wip3out
(Playstation, 1999, SCEA)
Psygnosis fusion of design and high speed futuristic racing makes its debut in our list with iteration the third for the Playstation.
Random List Pick O’ Doom: Richard Davey
- Broken Sword
- Halo
- Crackdown
- Soul Edge / Soul Blade
- Wings
- GTA: Vice City
- Contra III: Alien Wars
- Mario Kart
- Match-It
- Target: Renegade
95. Fallout
(PC / Mac, 1997, Interplay)
Interplays post apocalyptic RPG loses all its hair to arrive in our list at lucky number 95.
Plumbing has never been so violent.
94: Killer 7
(Gamecube, 2005, Capcom)
Capcom’s surreal multiple personality disorder simulator Killer 7 clicks its heels in at number 94 - but what does it all really mean?
93: Seiklus
(Windows, 2003, clysm)
It may look naive, but Seiklus is a beautiful exploration game requiring you to find your way back to your true love within an often surreal but wonderous world. No surprises here that it managed to sneak its way into the Top 100.
92: Alpha Centauri
(Windows/Mac/Linux, 1999, Electronic Arts)
Sid Meiers epic sliced piece of colonisation based strategy crashlands into 92nd place. Critically lauded upon release, it looks like its appeal hasn’t slipped any over the past 8 years according to our wodge of votes for the game.
91: Galaxian
(Arcade, 1979, Namco)
Our first arcade game to make a swooping dive into the Top 100, Galaxian is timeless and oft imitated classic shoot em up action. Galaxian evolved Space Invaders to the next level and nearly 28 years old and remains as addictive as ever.
90: Exile
(BBC B, 1988, Superior Software)
“Old game but a recent entry into my affections. Does the gravity gameplay that Solar Jetman and the rest do, but with a much broader scope, and it plays like a dream.” - Sabreman
“Pure awesomeness. I played several versions of the game (even going as far as getting an Acorn emulator to play the original) and they’re all pretty darn excellent. One of the earliest games I know of that included physics-based puzzles” - Prospero
